The battle for control of the House of Representatives increasingly resembles a sporting event in which the teams are changing the dimensions of the playing field even after the game is underway. As many as a dozen or more states could redraw the lines governing their congressional elections again before […] Read more »
Class-Clown Brands Are Trying to LoLz Us to Death
“I’m funny how? … Funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” — Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), “Goodfellas” For generations advertising has honed a stand-up style of humor that blends commerce and comedy to entertain, inform and sell. … But as social media devour consumer attention and ad spend, so […] Read more »
Majority in U.S. Still Say Gov’t Should Ensure Healthcare
A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. Yet nearly as many, 53%, prefer that the U.S. healthcare system be based on private insurance rather than run by the government. These findings are in line with recent attitudes about the […] Read more »
Nearly 7 in 10 support state-level ballot measures on abortion
Six months since the landmark Dobbs decision, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that while most Americans say abortion should be legal in most cases, two in five say they support the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe. Agreement with the right to abortion is split along party lines, with Democrats […] Read more »
Most Americans say overturning Roe was politically motivated, NPR/Ipsos poll finds
Fifty years ago Sunday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the constitutional right to an abortion with the Roe v. Wade decision. Nearly seven months ago, the same court overturned that ruling, putting the matter back to the states. A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 3 in 5 Americans believe abortion […] Read more »
Document issue bad for both Trump and Biden but American public views Trump as more serious concern
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds that large majorities of Americans believe that both Donald Trump (77%) and Joe Biden (64%) acted inappropriately in how they handled classified documents after leaving office. However, when asked which was more serious, a plurality (43%) said Trump’s actions were a more serious concern. […] Read more »